Ping Pong Summer

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Jade P @Rickymaybe May 28, 2026 Usually when I watch a bad movie, I'll look at the reviews, laugh because people also think the movie is bad, and then go about my day. I cannot describe the utter SHOCK I had when this had more positive than not reviews, to the point I am making a rotten tomatoes account just for this. There's honestly a chance that if this movie was made earlier, like during the time period it was set in, it would have definitely made some big bucks, but there was definitely a reason this movie failed in the box office; even if it wasn't an independent film, I don't think it would have done particularly well. Even movies that are actually from the 80's looked better than this, and this was made in the 2010's, and they definitely had some better actors too. This movie is just nostalgia bait at it's finest, captivating older audiences while having the most boring plot. I think the entire movie could have been cut down to a solid 15 minutes, and it STILL would have hit the same plot beats and premise. See more Aug 1, 2021 The tone and style was there but the jokes weren’t . Fell flat . Watchable and easy tho 2.4 See more Oct 26, 2019 Pretty cool flick bringing back some good memories. See more Dec 22, 2018 Cute little movie that stuck true to its era! See more Nov 26, 2018 Here's my time-travel tip for fixing this movie. The family should be modern and Rad should be a typical kid who is addicted to technology. Then when they arrive in this town, it's stuck in the 80's. No cell service makes him ditch the technology and lost luggage leads him to wear clothes found in a dresser. Then this modern kid experiences all the clichés of an 80's summer movie. Without that kind of twist, it's just all the clichés of a summer movie for no reason. Plus it still bothers me that he likes ping pong so much that he travels with his own paddle, but he is so bad at it that he can't score one point against the bully in the first match? I watched this movie because I have Amy Sedaris set to auto-record and she rules. I want to be friends with Amy Sedaris. That's what this is really all about. See more Jan 16, 2018 How Susan Sarandon and Leah Thompson got roped into this debacle is quite the mystery. The best description of this endeavour is table tennis meets the Karate Kid in an east coast resort town during a 1980's summer vacation. A plethora of dilettante actors struggle to deliver on the razor thin script. How this film surpassed it's VHS lifespan is another mystery. In the end even the ping pong scenes are a letdown. So many unsolved mysteries yet so few reasons to watch this homage to 80's summer films. See more Read all reviews

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